- [Instructor] We're almost ready…to really start drawing in our CAD application.…But first, we need to take a quick…look at the common components our geometry will have,…as it will be the information that we use…both to create the geometry and modify it later on.…Here, I have a line, a circle, and a rectangle.…If I select each of these, by clicking on them,…we can see that they become highlighted…and I get all of these small, blue boxes around the screen.…These blue boxes are called grips.…

And they are the bounding information of our shapes.…For example, our line has three grips,…one at each of the end points and one at the midpoint.…The circle, similarly, has one at the center point…and four, one at each quadrant point.…The rectangle here has eight grips,…one at each of the corners or vertices,…and one at each of the midpoints of each side.…These grips are tied to the geometry of the shape…and abide by the geometric rules of each shape.…For example, a midpoint of a line is always…equidistant from the two end points.…

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1/31/2019

Looking for a full-featured CAD program that runs on your Mac? AutoCAD for Mac is the leading CAD application that runs natively on Apple computers. In this course, Jim LaPier focuses on the basics of AutoCAD for Mac 2019, helping you get acquainted with the interface, file management, and the application's toolset. He shows how to create and modify geometry to suit your needs, work with layers, add dimensions and annotations, and plot your drawings. Plus, review the basics of 3D modeling in AutoCAD for Mac.